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that's why they build the R8 GT3 to compete in a Ratel Series ..
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They built the R8 GT3 to give themselves a commercially viable customer programme - nothing at all to do with loyalty to one race orgniser or another
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Well, the R8 is supposedly quite the monster for a GT3 and got brutally punished in performance balancing, maybe upgrading it to GT1 is not all that hard and could be done with comparatively little effort?
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With this new GT1 World Championship, there will now be a GT2 European Championship.
Does this mean GT2 and GT1 will have separate races starting next season? So we'd have race weekends of GT1, GT2, GT3 and GT4 races? Can't remember ever seeing GT1 and GT2 split and not sure about the effects taking into account the amount of cars each class normally gets. |
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According to http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans...presse1_gb.pdf we might see a single GT category in Le Mans next year.
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And talk of LMP3 for Formula Le Mans cars.
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Ya, that's the fear of splitting up GT1 and GT2. I doubt GT2 will have many more cars then they have this season and GT1 will have a hard time matching this season's grid.
Could FIA be trying to murder FIA GT since it's gaining some popularity? They always seem to cater to the needs of F1. Real shame. |
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^ It honestly makes no sense that someone would want to kill their own series, but this is the FIA we are talking about.
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2 Jul 2009, 22:04 (Ref:2495237) | #163 | |
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It looks like all the ACO series will just be GT with LMP, while SRO will go ahead with GT1.
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Hmm, there was an annoucement today of another Audi R8 GT-3 team for FIA GT-3 next year. The interesting thing about that is, it is an American/English owned team called United Autosports and one of their stated goals is to:
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Zak Brown and Richard Dean are the owners of the new United Autosports, fielding two R8's... more here:
http://www.automobilsport.com/race-c...ouces,news.htm and here, with pictures http://www.oneighturbo.com/2009/10/0...-championship/ |
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It's October now and I've yet to see anything from this GT1 lark that suggests there is enough big money behind the series to support a 'World Championship'.
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Isn't SRO covering travel expenses? I think that was also part of the 24-car limit, so that they could fly the whole operation on a single 747.
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Oooohhh 747. What cargo airline?
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I think it's the new freight division of Lauda Air.
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They killed their own World Sportscar Championship, and their own original World Touring Car Championship... so it does happen (and yes, it does make no sense)
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2010 GT1s will be running at Le Mans, plus three new constructors (to Le Mans) in GT1 next year:
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"These same constructors will also have to participate in our European or Asian series, this being a determining requirement for the selection of those invited to race at the 2010 24 Heures du Mans."
This I find very interesting! Does this mean that ACO force the GT1 manufacturers that wants to run at LeMans to also run in LMS and Asian LeMans Series? And if so, that means the new GT1 cars will be run in those series, and not only in the World FIA-GT series as first said? That in turn means that any manufacturer that wants to run GT1 cars at LeMans also have to run 4 cars in FIA-GT, as well as cars in either LMS or Asial LeMans series. And all of a sudden there has been a much bigger market for GT1 cars. |
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Hmm, if I were to be eating it, a nice Chianti and fava bean salad would go nice with it! But it is well past 'mid June' and there are more grandfathered models than 'new' rule GT-1s so I think I will be passing on the sumptuous feast of Genus Corvus.
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